All AHL teams deal with this. You can't assume that the veteran AHL players are going to stick around forever when the NHL is no longer an option and they can make more money in Europe. Heat will have to search for some veteran help and rely possibly more on players drafted by the Flames organization. I don't see this really as a bad thing as career AHLers were getting too much of the prime ice time IMO anyway. Time for Ward to start developing these guys not burying them behind players that aren't ever going to play for the Flames.
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